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suburbia

[ suh-bur-bee-uh ]

noun

  1. suburbs collectively.
  2. suburbanites collectively.
  3. the social or cultural aspects of life in the suburbs.


suburbia

/ əˈɜːɪə /

noun

  1. suburbs or the people living in them considered as an identifiable community or class in society
  2. the life, customs, etc, of suburbanites
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of suburbia1

First recorded in 1895–1900; suburb + -ia
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Perhaps forced out of more natural areas by the other species, some fence lizards may have moved to suburbia, making trees and fences their preferred habitats.

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My ticket out of suburbia came at a steep price, but I was on autopilot, spellbound and fueled by lust.

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Scholl explains that At Attin features a rectilinear grid plan city center, wrapped by suburbia in a more circular pattern that “is recognizable from space.”

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“I believe that women have to be protected, men have to be, children, everybody — but women have to be protected when they’re at home in suburbia,” he said.

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He thinks his conservative neighbors here in the Sierra foothills where old gold country merges with swanky Sacramento suburbia are, too.

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